Hiroshi Ueda Movies

Japan, 1159. Moritō, a brave samurai, performs a heroic act by rescuing the lovely Kesa during a violent uprising. Moritō falls in love...

A lighthearted musical comedy in which a tanuki detective runs amok chasing a tanuki murderer who has disguised himself as a human and fled into the...

Itarō abandons his life as a hatamoto to become a yakuza.

A romance between a female student and a young professor, where friendship, temptation, and jealousy intertwine.

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.

A thrilling detective period drama set in the streets of Edo—a world of intrigue, conspiracy, romance, and turmoil—where a thief as agile...

A comedic retelling of the legendary encounter between Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamato Musashi.

The young master of a pawnshop, who had been told by Edo’s foremost fortune-teller that he would die in six months, squandered his entire...

Driven by a murderous intent, he pursues the palanquin carrying the renowned onnagata Kikunosuke, who has taken the place of the princess destined to...